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How is an action potential transmitted across a cholinergic synapse?

Action potentials are depolarisations above the threshold level traveling along a neurone, communication often evolves the action potential being transmitted from one neurone to another, this is done via ...

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Explain and describe how vaccinations prevent illness.

Vaccinations involve introducing a small amount of dead or inactive form of a pathogen into the body. This stimulates white blood cells to produce complementary antibodies to destroy the pathogen. This is...

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What are the four stages of cell mitosis?

The four phases are - prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. This can be remembered as P-MAT. The first phase, prophase, is where the chromatids condense into chromosomes, making them visible. The s...

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What is the function of a capillary and how is it adapted to carry out this function?

Capillaries deliver blood to individual cells in the body, supplying them with oxygen and nutrients ...

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How is the tertiary structure of an enzyme important to its function?

The tertiary structure involves four types of bonds being made between secondary alpha helices or beta pleated sheets. These are disulfide bridges, hydrophilic/hydrophobic bonds, ionic bonds and hydrogen ...

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